Evaluation
Functional communication review, access needs, language goals, and trial planning.
AAC therapy
Helping AAC users communicate everywhere they go.
AAC includes communication boards, speech-generating devices, apps, gestures, writing, pictures, and other tools that help a person communicate when speech is not enough.
What AAC support includes
Device implementation
Vocabulary organization, programming support, and practice using the system in daily routines.
Partner training
Family, caregiver, and educator coaching so communication partners know how to model and respond.
School carryover
Strategies for educational teams, classroom access, and consistency between therapy, home, and school.
Who may benefit
AAC can support nonspeaking and minimally speaking children, autistic clients, people with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, and anyone who needs another reliable way to communicate. A client may use speech and AAC together rather than treating one communication method as a replacement for another.
What the first conversation covers
Tell the team how the client communicates now, where communication breaks down, which people support the client, and whether a communication board, app, or speech-generating device is already in use. Existing school documentation, device information, and examples from daily routines can help the team understand the request.
The initial conversation helps clarify whether the request involves evaluation, device exploration, implementation, communication-partner training, or coordination with another care or educational team. It does not guarantee a particular device, schedule, or outcome.
AAC across daily routines
A communication system needs to be available and understandable in the places where the client communicates. Sparkle can support vocabulary planning, device use, modeling, and partner response across home, school, therapy, and community routines. Caregivers and educators can share which situations are working and which still create barriers.
Locations and related communication support
Compare Sparkle's Rialto, Victorville, and Glendora clinics or ask about telehealth when appropriate. You can also explore Assistive Technology, Autism Communication Support, and Speech Therapy before requesting care.